CrewAI
Role-playing agents working as a crew.
FREEMIUMCPU-CAPABLE
DATASHEET // AGNO
Agno
High-performance multimodal agents.
FREEMIUMCPU-CAPABLELocal or cloud
Actually FreeNo SignupOpen SourceWatermark-FreeHobbyist-OKAPI
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS //
Local or cloud · No GPU
Min VRAM
None
Rec. VRAM
None
Min RAM
4 GB
Rec. RAM
8 GB
Disk
2 GB
GPU class
No GPU
Apple Silicon ✓CPU-Capable
Negligible local footprint. GPU only if running a local multimodal model.
[ EDITORIAL PICK ]
Why we recommend Agno
- Open source
Source is public — you can audit it, fork it, and you'll never lose access to your workflows if Agno the company changes direction.
- CPU-capable
Doesn't require a dedicated GPU — useful on laptops and headless servers.
- Apple Silicon
Native Metal / MPS support — runs on M-series Macs without CUDA gymnastics.
- Beginner-friendly
You don't need to read a paper before getting your first result — sensible defaults and a quick install.
[ EVIDENCE NOTE ]
Documentation-led datasheet
This page summarizes upstream documentation, release information, and editorially reviewed catalogue fields. It is not presented as a hands-on benchmark. Verify changing requirements at the official project; report stale data through our corrections channel.
AT-A-GLANCE SIGNALS //
DERIVED FROM THIS PAGE'S DATA- Install difficultyEasy
Runs CPU-only — no CUDA / driver gymnastics required.
- Hardware comfortRuns anywhere
No dedicated GPU required.
- EcosystemStrong devkit
Open-source AND ships an API — easy to integrate, possible to host yourself.
- VerificationRecent
Catalogue entry last updated 65 days ago — re-verification due soon.
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Other agent frameworks tools we rate
Three picks across different tradeoffs — so you don't end up with three near-clones of Agno.
What is Agno?
Agno (formerly Phidata) is a Python framework for building multimodal agents with memory, knowledge, and tools. Notable for being unusually fast (~3μs agent instantiation, ~6.5KB RAM) thanks to a tight runtime, and for first-class support for image, audio, and video I/O — not just text.
Pros & cons
✓ PROS
- Genuinely fast agent runtime — useful at scale
- First-class multimodal: image/audio/video in and out
- Built-in memory, knowledge base (RAG), and tool integrations
- Clean, opinionated Python API
– CONS
- Smaller community than CrewAI / LangGraph
- Recent rebrand from Phidata may confuse search results
What's actually free?
OSS framework free; Agno Cloud has free tier with paid plans.
✓ Actually FreeNo SignupOpen SourceWatermark-Free
